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NEWS OF THE WEEK.

SIR DOUGLAS HAIL has had no large operations to report during the past week, though the liveliness on the Western Front continues, especially round Ypres and Lens. The centre of interest for the moment has been near Villcret, south-east of Hargicourt, which is close to the St. Quentin-Cambrai Canal. On Sunday last the Northumberlands attacked the enemy lines in this sector, and captured six hundred yards of trenches. On Tuesday they extended their gains for four hundred yards to the south, and repulsed several determined counter-attacks. The country here is open and undulating, unlike the swamps near Ypres or the suburbs of Lens, where tho Canadians find every house or factory converted into a miniature fortress.

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